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... decision.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
2.
... decision.
BB
Into Action, p.86
3.
... Decision."
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
III. To insure effective leadership, we
should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
4.
... decision, and
an inventory of your grosser ...
BB
How It Works, p.71
If you have already made a
decision, and an inventory
of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning.
5.
... decision and
tell his story, but do ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
Let him know you are available if he wishes to make a decision and tell his story, but do not insist upon it if he prefers to consult someone else.
6.
... decision is
yes, whether the reason be ...
BB
To Employers, p.140
If your decision is yes, whether the reason be humanitarian or business or both, then the following suggestions
may be helpful.
7.
... decision must
be made or engagement kept.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.21
He has a positive genius
for getting tight at exactly the wrong moment, particularly when
some important decision must be made or engagement kept.
8.
... decision to
exert himself.
12&12
Step Three, p.40
9.
Decision to
subsist on A.A. voluntary contributions ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
10.
... decision to
swing the door open.
12&12
Step Three, p.34
11.
... decision to
turn our will and our ...
BB
How It Works, p.59
12.
... decision to
turn our will and our ...
12&12
Contents (Step Three), p.5
Step Three -- "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him."
13.
... decision to
turn our will and our ...
12&12
Step Three, p.34
14.
... decision to
turn our will and our ...
12&12
Step Three, p.34
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
15.
... decision to
turn our will and our ...
12&12
Step Three, p.38
So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven
to A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power.
16.
... decision was
a vital and crucial step, ...
BB
How It Works, p.64
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
17.
... decision, who
holds no resentment over his ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
The elder statesman is the
one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.
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